police squad

i watched the hyde park gig when I got in from my own gig.

truly exceptional

and Lee's bass playing.....what can i say?

thanks everyone, perhaps that's why they've never worked for me. I had too much relief. 

I shall embrace the clank  

I've read that some people set their Rik basses up with no relief in the neck

My HW has little relief and rattles a bit. Is this part of the clank that we all desire

It plays really nice but if I dig in, (and I do, especially playing Jam songs) it gets a bit messy

The bass is literally brand new ( I only ordered it 4 weeks ago) and will probably settle a bit, I have no prblem adjusting truss rods etc

your thoughts please

small world then

7 hours ago, 12stringbassist said:

I'll take any instrument I own to a gig, as that's what I bought them for.
I don't let people get near them unless I know them, and not always then.
I will fend off people saying 'Can I have a go?' as a matter of course.

if people ask me, 'can I have a go' and I tell them 'no' and they get funny, I tell them, 'it's like me asking to have a go on your girlfriend/wife/boyfrien/husband/partner'

they usually get the message

I remember selling basses like this in 1990/91

Always prefered them to the soundgear things

there were some lairy colours too

12 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

'In stock' does not mean 'to hand', I suppose. If they had to open up the packaging of a new bag, and it didn't fit as you would like, it's no longer 'new' for another customer. If you'd gone to the shop, they may not let you try your test on new gear, either, for the same reason. Unreasonable..? A bit 'limit', I'd say, but not so unusual. 

if that was the reason (a very understandable one) why did they just not give it

their answer was evasive

yes I've got to go back and listen to Blue murder too. Sykes was one of my guitar heroes

Just having a listen to some stuff by The Firm

Great bass work from TF. I've never really listened to him before

Any fans here?

when I saw him at the bass show, someone asked him about flats.

He scoffed at the idea

so it'll be rounds on his bass

we support each other. We are a team

I'm lucky in that my wife adores me and also is a musician

she has 3 pianos, two acoustic guitars, 2 Ibanez 6 stringers, 2 P basses, a bass collection thing

me I have about 30 assorted guitars and we have rooms to put them all in

I fancied a Rik recently, for the Jam tribute, she said get it, so I did

we don't hide anything from each other, as we've discovered again recently

Life is short  (Bro-in law RIP 56 years old and dog walking friend, 63 just the other week)

Be kind to each other

2 hours ago, Chiliwailer said:

Urgh @police squad you got me GAS’ing again - Rics were my first love as a kid, and I’ve not had one for 15 years… 🤔😬

 

Looks great 👌

this is a particularly nice example

4 hours ago, prowla said:

My Jetglo says hi.

is that an HW or real one?

They look good in this colour

14 hours ago, cetera said:

Ah, Harry White.... 💜😎

indeed, well spotted

14 hours ago, ezbass said:

A P Bass would’ve been fine, but needs must.  

agreed. most of their stuff was recorded using a p bass. I have lots of them but this is the look lol

It's happened again

Another tribute band has been joined and it needs one of these

They're called Total Jam and I've played with them in the past, they're the Andy and Stewart in my Police tribute

23 minutes ago, Dood said:

Mine got worse after getting COVID. I wasn't gigging at the time, so I can't find anything else to blame it on. 

yep so did mine. It was always  fine and I didn't notice it, but since I had covid, it's definately worse

Who is suffering with this dreadful thing

Mine seems to be the worst it's ever been and I'm worried about gigging with IEMs.

I make sure that they're not loud but I fear it's still getting worse.

It's affecting my hearing too

I've always gigged them all, even my '59 Les Paul jr got a good thrashing in the pub

But I'm playing cheaper instruments these days, my two Warwick Adam Clayton basses were 2nd hand and not that expensive

I have a 4003 made by HW incoming and can't wait to try it in the Jam tribute but it was cheaper than any 2nd hand Rick I could find

amazing, well done everybody

7 minutes ago, three said:

Hahaha, I couldn’t resist another one. That red one is absolutely stunning – almost like new from what I remember. It’s also a very good weight. My current one is reasonable but some are really chunky. Fantastic basses

it is still almost immaculate. A bit of a case queen these days. I think we did the deal just before/during lockdown 1

4 hours ago, three said:

There aren’t too many of these around so I’d suspect most haven’t had a chance to try one. I’ve had four (and still have one) and for me, they’re amongst the finest Precisions around. Build quality is usually excellent, with real attention to detail – this was the Dan Smith era. Body contouring is often superb – a return to the dramatic curves found on some earlier Ps. The only downside for me is that they tend to be heavy. This looks like a real bargain despite the compromised circuit.

 

and I have one of your old ones

Utterly superb bass and mine's very light too

This blue one is a bargain

3 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

 

Bootleg Eagles. Fairly new on the block.

cool, I'll check you guys out if you come my way at all

9 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

Eagles tribute show in Newcastle... a great venue, but a big space with a very high domed ceiling. A great house PA, engineer and lots of punters mitigated any issues.

Lots more shows coming up with these chaps. I absolutely love it.
 

 

which Eagles show are you?

Here's a montage from the Hertford gig last Saturday by U2 Tribe